Kenneth "Kenny" Grant Cresswell (born 4 June 1958 in New Zealand

New Zealand

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) is an association football player who represented New Zealand

New Zealand national soccer team

The New Zealand national football team, nicknamed the All Whites, is the national association football team of New Zealand and is governed by New Zealand Football . The team plays in an all-white strip rather than the traditional New Zealand sporting black due to a former FIFA regulation that...

 internationally, appearing in all 3 matches of New Zealand's first FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup

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 finals appearance.

Cresswell made his full All Whites debut in a 2-0 win over Singapore

Singapore national football team

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 on 1 October 1978. He played in all 3 matches at the 1982 FIFA World Cup

1982 FIFA World Cup

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 in Spain

Spain

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, where they lost to Scotland

Scotland national football team

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, USSR

USSR national football team

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 and Brazil

Brazil national football team

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. Mackay ended his international playing career having played 64 times for New Zealand, of which 33 were official full internationals in which he scored 2 goals. His final cap was a substitute appearance in a 12-0 win over Western Samoa

Samoa national football team

The Samoa national association football team represents Samoa in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation Samoa, the governing body for football in Samoa. Samoa's home ground is Toleafoa J.S Blatter Soccer Stadium in Apia. It was known as the Western Samoa national...

 on 11 November 1987.

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